A business citation analysis: A local follow-up study

While there is no official style for business writing, the most common citation style in business research has not been determined previously. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the top scholarly business journals to determine the most commonly used citation style in business academic research. The author used the list of 452 top business journals included in the Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) Journal Citation Report. The results show that 69% of business journals use a publisher-dictated style, whereas of the “traditional” citation styles, 11% use the American Psychological Association style, 10% use Harvard style, 8% use Chicago style, and none use Modern Language Association style.     

Democracy online: an assessment of New Zealand government web sites

This study assesses the effectiveness of New Zealand government Web sites in providing equitable and appropriate access to government information to all citizens. A range of government Web sites was evaluated, and visitors to approximately half of these sites were surveyed to determine their perceptions of the effectiveness of the sites. Results show that there are several key issues for the government to address in formulating effective policy for government Web sites. These include the need for: a clear statement of purpose; good meta-data; good contacts for feedback and update of information; clear statements and adequate provision for confidentiality and privacy of personal data, liability, and copyright; access for disabled users; availability of publications in both electronic and print formats. Key issues to emerge from the user survey focus on the need for better search engines, indexes, and site maps to help people find out quickly if the information they are wanting is likely to be there, and to locate it. Users also need to be assured that the information on government Web sites is accurate and up-to-date. The authors concluded that there is a major gap in government policy emerging from this research that needs urgently to be addressed.     

The web of shyness: A network analysis of communicative correlates

This investigation was designed to explore the use of network analysis in an investigation of the communicative behaviors of shy individuals. Twenty‐three subjects were categorized as high, moderate, or low‐shy, and the friendship networks of these individuals were compared.

The results suggest that the communication networks of high‐shy subjects are structurally different than the networks of less‐shy individuals. Specifically, shy individuals had smaller, more interconnected networks. The evidence also suggests that shy subjects tend to have longer average length of relationships with their network links, less frequent interaction, and less role diversity in their friendships. Although structural and behavioral differences were found between high and low‐shy subjects, shy subjects did not report being any less satisfied with their friendship networks than less‐shy individuals.

Overall, communication network analysis was found to be a tool that can provide insight into the behavioral and perceptual correlates of shyness.     

地(市)级公共图书馆网站建设的探索和思考

在对地(市)级公共图书馆网站现状进行分析的基础上，提出增强网站有效性的途径和网站建设的四个重点环节。     

Interactive television: A model of analysis of business economic dynamics

Abstract

Between 1996 and 2001 over $13 trillion dollars was invested in information and telecommunications industries based on the vision of expanding markets and a pro competitive law know as the Telecommunications Act of 1996 ("'96 Act"). Since 2001 investment has substantially shrunk along with expectations about growth and new opportunities in converging information, communications and entertainment ("ICE") industries.

This paper identifies how stakeholders and governments made false assumptions about the near term future of telecommunications demand and the prospects for seamless convergence of information and telecommunications technologies and markets. The paper provides suggestions on how national legislatures and regulators should respond to current circumstances.     

The use of cookies in Federal agency web sites: Privacy and recordkeeping issues

On July 27, 2009 the United States Government Office of Management and Budget (OMB) publicized its intent to review the nine-year-old prohibition of web tracking technologies such as cookies on Federal agency web sites. OMB cited its need to continue to protect the public's privacy while visiting Federal Government web sites, while at the same time “making these web sites more user friendly, providing better customer service, and allowing for enhanced web analytics” (Federal Register, 2009, p. 37062). In this paper, we review the history of the Federal government's position on cookies, and describe exactly how the technology works and why this shift in policy toward the use of cookies is logical and necessary for the evolution of electronic-government and government 2.0 services in terms of accessibility and capability. We review two major issues with which Federal agencies must contend related to the use of cookies – privacy, and records management. It is interesting to note that, despite earlier research on the implications of privacy and records management concerning other adopted technologies such as e-mail, these issues continue to be complex and misunderstood. We discuss the implications of cookies as records for future e-Government services and for long-term records management.     

试谈我国省级公共图书馆的网站建设

论文通过分析几个具有代表性的网站的主要特点,指出了当前省级公共图书馆网站建设存在的问题,并提出相应的对策,强调了网站建设应以读者需要为前提,充分利用馆藏资源及相应技术,办出各有特色的网站.     

Museums on the world wide web: A survey and analysis of sixteen institutions

Conclusion Unfortunately, for all four types of museums surveyed, the amount of digitized object offerings is not as robust as one would hope or expect. And, it is not entirely clear as to why this is the case. Copyright concerns? Cost issues? Unclear benefits? While museums may have sound justifications at this point in not offering a wide assortment of images, there is no clear reason why documentation was found to be so often lacking. Documentation is one of the crucial areas in the networked digital environment. It can help ensure that issues such as authenticity and ownership are well-managed in the digital realm. The WWW would also appear to provide an ideal mechanism through which to host non-current exhibitions, providing over future years rich collection tools of continuously available highly structured content.     

高校科技期刊网站评价指标体系的构建

探讨高校科技期刊网站评价指标体系设立的原则,以及构建思路与方法。根据高校科技期刊网站的特点,确定其评价指标体系的总体目标,以及确定网站建设、网站内容、网站功能、网站管理等为一级指标,并分解细化二级、三级评价指标。采用经验判断的逐级评估方法,分别对各级指标进行加权处理,形成综合评价指标体系。     

Involvement without Knowledge Gain: A Meta-Analysis of the Cognitive Effects of Website Interactivity

A meta-analysis of 37 studies was conducted to investigate the cognitive effects of website interactivity. Study results suggested that interactivity significantly enhanced user involvement, but did not help with message comprehension, elaboration, memory, or knowledge gain. Other findings showed that the cognitive effects of website interactivity did not vary by different operationalizations of interactivity and that high levels of interactivity failed to benefit users’ cognitions. Additional results indicated that for experiential websites, incorporating interactivity facilitated users’ cognitive performances. The same benefit of website interactivity, however, failed to hold true for informational websites.     

中华医学会系列杂志网站的调查和评估

通过分析中华医学会系列杂志编辑部的网站调查表和读者调查表 ,以及运用链接人气值计算软件 (LinkPopularityCheck 2 .5 )来评估中华医学会系列杂志网络化的现状。结果显示 ,中华医学会系列杂志网络化还处于起步阶段 ,交互性、内容和美工是亟待提高的 3个方面。结果还显示 ,多数编辑部负责人对期刊上网满怀信心 ,期刊网络化势在必行。同时提出把传统问卷调查和客观量化指标结合起来对生物期刊网站进行综合评价     

Interactivity in Television: Use and Impact of an Interactive Program Guide

This study is designed to examine the uses and impact of interactive program guides (IPGs), a television technology that enables viewer inter- activity. Data were obtained from a television survey of 365 IPG users in a medium-sized Midwestern community. Results showed that age, premium channel subscribership, perceived IPG utility, and IPG complexity were significant predictors for IPG use. Further, the study found evidence that the IPG has influenced users' viewing behaviors. IPG use was related to watching more television, viewing enriched program types, and having a larger digital cable channel repertoire.     

Seeking electronic information from government resources: A comparative analysis of two communities' web searching of municipal government websites

This study examines queries submitted through two municipal government websites over a 3-year period to discover patterns in information seeking that current web log analysis literature have not discovered or addressed. The findings reveal: in spite of subtle differences strong similarities remain between two different communities' information needs from municipal government websites; demographic variables and close physical proximity do not appear to affect these similarities; there appears to be a belief that municipal government websites can deliver all types of information; and, using methods presented in this paper, municipal governments may better manage their online information resources.